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Big stick's planted and

ready to swing, Captain,

Easy does it, Sergeant,

We're not here

to level the place,

Anti-personnel charges only,

Understood,

(Beeping)

Hawthorne, you set?

Hawthorne?

CAPTAIN: Hawthorne?

(Beep)

Yes, sir,

I'm set, Sorry, sir,

It's all right,

Settle down, Corporal,

Archer, ,, is everyone

home for the night?

Sat-com shows 12 hostiles

in the target area, sir,

Roger that,

A veritable infestation,

if you don't mind me

saying so, sir,

(Beeping)

CAPTAIN: Rosen, ,, how's

your eyesight?

20/20, sir,

OK, Heat 'em up,

Yaah!

Whoo!

Ha ha ha!

Whoo! Whoo!

Yaah!

Damn, I love a bug hunt,

(Shrieking)

There is nothing wrong

with your television,

Do not attempt

to adjust the picture,

We are now controlling

the transmission,

We control the horizontal

and the vertical,

We can deluge you

with a thousand channels

or expand one single image

to crystal clarity, ,,

and beyond,

We can shape your vision

to anything our imagination

can conceive,

For the next hour,

we will control all that you see

and hear,

You are about to experience

the awe and mystery

which reaches from

the deepest inner mind to, ,,

In order to survive

a soldier must fight

many battles, ,,

physical as well as mental, ,,

but in the heat of the struggle,

reality can sometimes

fade like memory

until only one thing

remains certain, ,,

the first casualty of war

is truth,

I can't make out a damn thing,

There's too much

heat interference,

One of our charges must

have ignited the pergeum

ore in the mine,

WOMAN: Those bugs aren't

going to be too happy,

The bugs want pergeum,

they can find it somewhere else,

This planet belongs to us,

Archer, are we sure

no aliens survived?

Negative, sir, The next

surveillance satellite

won't be in range

for another 5 hours,

All right, people,

you know what

that means,

We have to go in,

You all ready for that?

Yes, sir!

ARCHER: Yes, sir,

Yes, sir,

Yes, sir,

Good,

Prep weapons,

Encounter protocol,

(Hissing)

HAWTHORNE: Damn it,

What's the problem,

Hawthorne? Juice up,

I'm trying, sir,

This is one drill

you better know cold,

Encounter Protocol, ,,

"Any potential encounter with

alien forces must be preceded

"by self-inoculation

to prevent infection,"

Yes, sir, I know the regs, sir,

It's because of those

alien parasites, you know,

Their stinking bodies

are crawling with them,

They're called

spirochetes, sir,

Bacteria,

I learned about them

in training, sir,

No kidding? Well, then

maybe you can explain

something to me,

I mean, I've always wondered

which hurts more, ,,

the skin ruptures

or the hallucinations

from the brain lesions?

I'm sorry, sir, I don't know,

I'm only asking you

'cause when our last

medic got the bug,

he just wouldn't stop screaming,

Well, till he stopped screaming,

Damn it, (Hissing)

You have to disengage

the interlock and

open the bleed valve

before you cycle the pump,

You have to line it up

exactly right if

you want it to work,

It's not as easy as they

tell you in training,

Yes, sir, Thank you, sir,

Lieutenant?

When your last medic

got the bug,

how long did it take him to die?

He didn't,

He blew his foot off

on a pulse mine,

He rotated home last week,

Approach is clear,

I like what you've done

with the place,

Archer, what's the count?

Visual confirmation

on 11 bodies, Captain,

Means we've got one hostile

unaccounted for, people,

Look sharp,

(Alien shrieks)

Stay close, Stay quiet,

(Shrieks)

Target is definitely

alive, Captain,

I engaged, but shot wide, sir,

Understood, Sergeant,

OK, people, let's

establish a perimeter,

Don't let this bastard

get past us,

(Alien shrieks)

(Shuffling)

Rosen, it's heading

in your direction,

Can you confirm him?

Negative,

OK, everybody, listen close,

We're going to set up

a crossfire,

Eldritch, take the north

corridor and join up

at Archer,

Rosen, Hawthorne, find cover,

Maintain position,

I'll be coming through

the south-east passage,

Down!

You OK?

Yeah, Yeah,

How bad is it?

It's not bad at all, sir,

It's just

a superficial chest wound,

The shot went straight

through the vest, sir,

and only grazed her,

Looks like today was your

lucky day, Lieutenant,

Good work, Thank you, sir,

Last hostile present

and accounted for, sir,

Stinkin' bug,

You got a problem

with something, Corporal?

No, sir,

I think you do,

These bugs scare you,

don't they?

Well, they should, You know why?

Because they hate you,

and unless you learn

how to hate them back,

you can be damn sure

that they will kill you,

That's enough,

Both of you,

Let's go,

All right, people,

we'll rest for a while,

then we'll pack up

and get ready for evac,

Captain, ,,

Looks like we had visitors,

Bug patrol,

How the hell did they get

past our booby traps?

Because our traps weren't armed,

What happened?

But, Captain, I thought...

I was sure I set those charges,

Damn it, Hawthorne,

half our food and ammo

was in here,

That was stuff we need

a hell of a lot more

than we need a medic,

All right, I want a full

inventory of everything

that's left,

Nobody touch anything

unless you've juiced up,

The whole damn place

is probably contaminated,

Mind if I sit down?

No, sir,

Hawthorne, ,,

what are you doing here?

See, I was just starting college

when the government

began the recruiting drives,

And they said that the aliens

were after the pergeum

and that it was

our responsibility

to fight to protect

what was rightfully ours,

I thought coming here

was the right thing to do,

So you're an idealist,

I guess I was,

CAPTAIN: All right,

people, listen up,

I just got off the comm at HQ,

One of our spy satellites

uncovered

an alien munitions

plant in our sector,

According to Intell,

that plant goes on-line

in 31 hours,

If it does, the bugs

will gain a major advantage

in this sector,

Maybe even the edge

they need to force us out,

So, we're the only unit

close enough to get

there in time, folks,

That's it,

What's the matter?

Look at you,

Take a good look at yourselves,

What's wrong with you people?

You don't remember

the way Earth used to be,

Why, just 40 years ago,

there were power shortages

everywhere,

Electricity riots in the city,

Countries actually

going to war for energy,

Yeah,

Because of us, every country

on Earth gets the pergeum

they need to keep

their people warm and fed

and their economies humming,

No more need

to fight each other,

no more need for us

to kill each other anymore,

and just when we've finally

got our act together,

the bugs come and they

put it all in jeopardy!

So the next time you feel

a little tired or hungry

or you get a little scared,

you think about that,

and don't forget it!

We won't, sir,

CAPTAIN: Good! We move out

in 3 hours,

These tunnels

run underneath most

of this quadrant,

If we continue

in this direction,

we'll end up in

an abandoned mine,

We should be able to use

the mine shafts there

to get into the munitions plant,

How far?

45 klicks,

Great,

We're on a planet

where night lasts

half the year,

and we're walking through caves,

Hey, Rosen, was he

this much of a whiner

during sunlight

depravation training?

No, sir, He slept through it,

(Muffled shriek)

I think it's company,

Did you hear that?

No,

Archer, what do you see?

Nothing but us, sir,

The area's clear,

Good, Let's hope

it stays that way,

Haul to,

Archer, scan,

Sat-com shows a UV

laser web just around

the corner, Captain,

I've got a fix on it,

Yeah, It's probably

rigged to explode,

Think you could take

that detonator out

with an EM-pulse

grenade, Sergeant?

Got one right here, Do it,

Man down!

What happened?

Who went down?

I thought you did,

What happened?

What's wrong?

Nothing, sir, We deacted

the trap as ordered,

It's my fault,

I thought I heard

them call for help,

It's all right,

More caution is better

than less,

Now, it's going to get

a lot worse from here on in,

There's lots of opportunities

for traps up ahead,

maybe even sentries,

so let's juice up

before we move out,

As near as I can tell, sir,

the internal release valve

was fused shut,

Every time you juiced up,

the internal pressure

kept building until

the whole rig blew,

Must have happened when

you got hit at the station,

One of the rounds must

have passed close enough

to fuse the valve without

touching anything else,

That would explain

why the injector didn't

appear to be damaged,

Captain,

that would mean I haven't

been getting my doses

since we left the station,

I feel fine, Eldritch,

Yeah, sure,

Replacement

injectors were lost

with our supplies,

That means we got a big problem,

What do you suggest we

do about it, Corporal?

Well, sir, we could try

to modify our own injectors

and dose the lieutenant

off them,

Is that going to work?

It might,

CAPTAIN: No, no, no,

I'm not gonna risk the other

members of this team

on "it might," Corporal,

Captain, we don't

have any alternative,

I can try to compensate

with other meds for a while,

but if Lieutenant Rosen

encounters another bug

her chances of

becoming infected are

practically guaranteed,

Lieutenant, ,,

that munitions plant

goes on-line in about 22 hours,

I need you in this mission,

You know the risk,

I'm with you, sir,

First sign

of alien infection, ,,

you're on your own,

CAPTAIN: I see only one

sentry at the shaft entrance,

What do you see, Archer?

We're too far underground

for a reliable sat-com,

Captain,

If there are still

any hostiles in the area,

I can't pick them up,

We better assume

he's got support,

All right, let's keep it

nice and quiet,

Take him out,

What are you waiting for?

It's a clear shot,

If I tap him now,

he falls in the open,

I just want him down

where nobody can see him,

Relax,

What's wrong?

Nothing,

It's a miss!

He's on the move!

He's down, (Alien shrieks)

Good job,

What the hell happened?

I don't know, sir,

Well, I know!

It's obvious, Captain!

She's got the bug!

She's losing it!

It's not possible, I tested

her blood sample an hour ago,

it's clean,

Coming from you,

that doesn't mean

a damn thing,

Enough!

Archer, ,,

their sentry get a call off?

I can't be sure, Captain,

Eldritch, take

Archer and Hawthorne,

Get down to that shaft,

Rig it to blow,

Don't forget to juice up,

Be right behind you,

Captain, I don't think

it's a good idea...

I just gave you

an order, Sergeant!

Yes, sir,

All right, what's going on?

I'm not sure, sir, Speculate,

Something happened to me

at that station, sir,

I've never been so close

to a live one before,

I saw his face when I fired,

I can't get that image

out of my head,

and when I think about it, ,,

I almost feel like a murderer,

You killed a bug that

was trying to kill you,

You did what you

were trained to do,

I know,

Maybe I'm just not cut out

to be a soldier,

Rosen?

Sir?

I know there's a lot

of people on Earth

who believe we've outgrown

the need for war,

but it takes more than

a few decades of peace

to change human nature,

You volunteered to fight,

and I've seen what you can do,

Make no mistake about it,

you are a soldier,

If you've lost your confidence,

then you've become a liability

to this team and to yourself,

I made you second in command

because I trust you

to watch my back,

If you can't do that anymore,

you better tell me right now,

I can do it, sir,

Let's go,

How are we doing with

those charges, Sergeant?

We're almost ready to attach

the detonators, Captain,

We'll be a few

more minutes, sir,

Good, We'll do

a quick patrol of the area,

Hawthorne, you'll come with me,

You stay here, stand watch,

Keep your distance

away from that thing,

That won't be necessary, sir,

I torched it,

I sterilized

the entire area,

Lieutenant Rosen's

in no danger of

infection here, sir,

It's good to see

initiative, Corporal,

Yes, sir,

Let's go,

Doesn't look like much

of a soldier, does he?

That's because

he's a dead soldier,

I mean, for all we know,

he could be a kid,

Is that who we're killing now?

Innocent civilians?

To tell you the truth,

I don't care,

The bugs started this war,

and as far as I'm concerned,

every last one of

those things is fair game,

And any thing carrying

a weapon is not a civilian,

I hope you haven't

forgotten that, sir,

We still have another hook-up

on the other side, sir,

(Weapons firing)

ELDRITCH: Go! Let's go!

Let's go! Fall back!

Where the hell

is it coming from?

I don't know!

Aah!

(Coughing)

Captain?

Captain?

Hawthorne!

(Equipment beeping)

(Sighs)

You all right, Hawthorne?

I tried every bio-regen,

(Sighs)

I couldn't do anything

for him, sir,

Wounds were too massive,

Took more than a dozen hits

in the back and the chest,

ARCHER: There's no sign

of pursuit, sir,

ELDRITCH: The bugs

probably think we're dead,

What's so interesting?

These rounds don't

look like they're from

an alien weapon to me,

Is that some sort of

accusation, Lieutenant?

I'm not accusing

anybody of anything,

No, you're just suggesting

the captain was killed

by friendly fire,

Maybe that's something

we should consider,

Does that bother you?

Me? It was your mess

that got us into this

situation in the first place,

If it should bother anybody,

it should bother you,

The captain's dead

no matter who killed him,

We still have a mission

to finish,

Yeah, I guess we do,

but I don't think

the lieutenant is in

any condition to command,

I'm in command, Sergeant!

I'm sure Corporal Hawthorne

will certify me fit for duty,

Yes,

Yes, sir,

Well, that's good enough for me,

Your orders, Lieutenant?

If we're going to make it

to that munitions plant

in time,

we can't take

the captain with us,

Strip his gear,

We're moving out,

Yes, sir,

Should be getting close,

Yes, sir,

Lieutenant?

We're right under

the munitions plant,

What do you see?

Sat-com shows several bugs

clustered in a work area

roughly 2 klicks from here,

We should be able to use

the surface corridors

to approach,

All right, I'll take recon,

Lieutenant?

I think it's time for

another sample of blood,

Make a quick scout,

Keep it quiet,

(Beeps)

Well, your luck is

still holding up, sir,

Your blood's clean,

No trace of spirochetes,

What do you know about

spirochete-induced

psychosis?

Well, only what

I've seen in

the training vids,

Nothing you

haven't encountered

in the field, I'm sure,

I've never actually seen

psychosis in the field,

Not one single case,

I never realized that before,

(Sighs)

(Noise)

The drugs in our injectors, ,,

do you know how they work?

Well, they don't

give field medics

a lot of details, sir,

But I've heard

that the alien DNA

is quite a bit

different from ours,

which makes it

tough to deal with,

That's why the drugs are

genetically engineered for

our individual biologies,

But apart from that,

the composition's

classified,

Is something bothering you, sir?

Remember when I asked you

why you were here?

Yes,

I'm beginning

to wonder why myself,

Lieutenant,

with all due respect, ,,

I think you should

remember what

the captain told us,

because he was right,

What we're doing here

is important,

I'm not sure

that's true anymore,

Lieutenant,

I'm not exactly sure

what you mean by that,

but I suggest that you

don't discuss it

in front of Sergeant Eldritch,

At least,

not if you want

to stay in command,

(Footsteps)

Well,

that's another clean

bill of health, sir,

What are we up against?

It's hard to say, sir,

The power emissions

from their equipment

were interfering

with our sensors,

but we observed

only minimal defences

and 10 possibly more

hostiles in the area, sir,

Technical recommendations?

We stage the assault

from below...

Quick strike,

Go pack out of here,

Lieutenant,

the injectors are

due for a recharge,

You want me to take care

of that now?

Go ahead,

I'll collect the empties,

(Pours liquid)

(Screws on cap)

(Aliens roaring)

Is everyone juiced up?

Yes, sir,

MAN: Yes, sir,

Yes, sir,

(Aliens roaring)

(Footsteps)

Lieutenant?

I'm in position,

I copy that,

All set, Lieutenant,

(Footsteps)

(Aliens roaring)

(Garbled voices)

Stand down,

What?

I said stand down,

Abort, That's an order,

Why?

Those aren't aliens up there,

Yes, sir,

(Muffled voices)

What the hell were you doing?

We got at least a dozen

hostiles back there,

No, They're human beings,

You're out of your mind,

Listen to me,

Do you remember

what happened

at the mining station?

What does that

have to do with this?

Just hear me out,

What did you see?

I saw a bug,

I fired, I missed,

OK, Focus

on that moment

as hard as you can,

What did you see there?

What did you see?

What did you see?

It was, ,,

It was a bug, just like I said,

How about you?

I saw it only for

a second, Lieutenant...

maybe less,

Think about it again,

What did you see?

I'm not sure, Um, ,,

It...

It could've been human?

It was,

There was no alien

in that station,

And there are no aliens here,

Then how do you explain

what we've been seeing?

I'm not sure, but I think

it might be some sort

of a memory implant,

I've heard enough of this,

You're crazy,

and you're trying

to make the rest of us

crazy as well,

How come we didn't

realize this before?

The drugs we take

when we juice up,

it must reinforce

the memory implant,

and when my injector

was damaged,

the implant began to break down,

Yeah, but your injector

was damaged because

you got shot,

How come we can see

through these implants

now, too?

Because I sabotaged

your injectors,

I replaced the drugs

in your canisters with

glucose supplement

to help you see the truth,

You're all done,

Sergeant, please,

this is not the way,

It's good advice, Corporal,

You should listen to it

yourself,

What's wrong with you?

You want to fight

so bad, you don't care

who you kill anymore?

You had no right to tamper

with our injectors,

That's a court martial

offence, You could be

executed for it,

Lieutenant, you're risking

all our lives on the basis

of a belief,

It's more than just a belief,

I've had several

close contacts

with the enemy

with no drugs to protect me,

and I'm still perfectly healthy,

Why haven't I been infected?

Because there are

no alien bacteria,

because there are no aliens,

If we've been conditioned

the way you say,

how come when I look at you

I see a person and

not a bug?

The images must be

triggered somehow,

maybe electronically,

Yeah, but why go through

such an elaborate charade

just to create an enemy?

The person I killed

in the station,

I think he may

have been with

the coalition,

Our government knew they

couldn't convince us

to fight a war

just to protect their profits,

so they transformed

human miners

into aliens

and made them enemies

in our own minds,

They brainwashed us

into fighting and killing

other human beings,

That's insane,

Is it?

Well, there's

one way to be sure,

(Footsteps)

My God,

They're here,

Run!

Get help!

(Miners yelling)

They're terrified of us,

Of course they are,

They thought we were here

to wipe them out,

And they were right,

Listen, Please,

You don't have to be afraid,

We know the truth now,

Yeah, we do,

This is where the killing stops,

No, no, no, it's OK,

No one's going to hurt you,

Please,

You don't have to be afraid,

We know the truth now,

ELDRITCH:

We won't hurt you,

(Gunfire)

Don't,

Don't,

We know you're human,

We didn't come to fight,

(Garbled speech)

(Gunshot)

MINER:

Disgusting creature,

Not so close,

We must medicate first,

Humans kill for love,

for revenge, for survival,

and even for ideas,

Perhaps the capacity

to kill, then,

is a very true part

of our nature,

But within this behaviour

defined by fear,

must we also be taught

to hate?

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